More than 158,000 volunteer to help UK fight coronavirus: ITV

Death toll from coronavirus in the United Kingdom jumped on Tuesday by 87 to a total of 422

Volunteers at the North Enfield Foodbank Charity unload donations for the foodbank in Enfield as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

LONDON:
More than 158,000 people have signed up to help Britain’s National Health Service tackle the coronavirus outbreak just hours after a request for a quarter of a million volunteers, ITV said.

The health ministry and the National Health Service declined immediate comment.


The death toll from coronavirus in the United Kingdom jumped on Tuesday by 87 to a total of 422 - the biggest daily increase since the crisis began.

Britain had called for 250,000 volunteers to help the National Health Service and vulnerable people hit by the coronavirus crisis.

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